>Cob - "cobs" of moist earth and straw >Straw Bale - infill in a post-and-beam structure, or as a load-bearing system, where the bales themselves support the weight of the roof Adobe - sun-dried mud bricks stacked with a mud mortar Bamboo - grows very quickly, providing renewable material for building Compressed Earth Blocks - similar to adobes, with the main differences being they are not fully saturated with water, Cordwood - small lengths of wood as a masonry unit mortared with a cement-based mortar Earthbags - soil-filled fabric sacks or tubes Earthen Floors - pouring or tamping one or several layers of an earth mixture over a substrate of gravel, pumice or sand, and hardening agents >Hybrids - several techniques combined >Straw-Clay - coating loose straw with a clay slip and tamping it into forms as an infill for timber-frame structures Hemp and Other Fibrous Plants - create a pressed board product to replace plywood Natural Plasters and Finishes - mud- or lime-based plasters Paper Blocks or Fibrous Cement - re-pulp paper and mix it with cement, making blocks Rammed Earth - a soil mixture with a clay content of 20% and a moisture content of 10% is then rammed in layers using mechanical or hand tampers Thatch - reeds, grasses or palm fronds as a roofing material Wattle and Daub - weaving branches (wattle) as a support for mud plaster (daub)
Natural Building Material Types
>Cob - "cobs" of moist earth and straw
>Straw Bale - infill in a post-and-beam structure, or as a load-bearing system, where the bales themselves support the weight of the roof
Adobe - sun-dried mud bricks stacked with a mud mortar
Bamboo - grows very quickly, providing renewable material for building
Compressed Earth Blocks - similar to adobes, with the main differences being they are not fully saturated with water,
Cordwood - small lengths of wood as a masonry unit mortared with a cement-based mortar
Earthbags - soil-filled fabric sacks or tubes
Earthen Floors - pouring or tamping one or several layers of an earth mixture over a substrate of gravel, pumice or sand, and hardening agents
>Hybrids - several techniques combined
>Straw-Clay - coating loose straw with a clay slip and tamping it into forms as an infill for timber-frame structures
Hemp and Other Fibrous Plants - create a pressed board product to replace plywood
Natural Plasters and Finishes - mud- or lime-based plasters
Paper Blocks or Fibrous Cement - re-pulp paper and mix it with cement, making blocks
Rammed Earth - a soil mixture with a clay content of 20% and a moisture content of 10% is then rammed in layers using mechanical or hand tampers
Thatch - reeds, grasses or palm fronds as a roofing material
Wattle and Daub - weaving branches (wattle) as a support for mud plaster (daub)
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Traditional Wood Frame or Cob?